Employee Relations Advisor

Job Description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

Provide timely, pragmatic, and legally sound first‑line employee relations advice and hands‑on case management to People Managers across the UK & Ireland. The role focuses on proactive risk management, fair and consistent process application—working closely with ER Partners to resolve cases at pace and to build people manager capability through practical guidance and tools.

• You will support people managers with a range of ER activities (low to medium risk), including conducting investigations, grievances, disciplinary, performance management, flexible working, and absenteeism.
• You will coach people managers and leaders to undertake all day‑to‑day people activities such as return to work interviews, OH referrals, requests for flexible working, managing behaviour and capability, and supporting with letter writing.
• You will provide first‑line policy advice and act as a conduit for sharing knowledge, ideas and best practices for our HRSS team.
• You will support the Employee Relations Partners with any project work within their respective portfolios— including redundancies, restructures, TUPE, and office moves.
• You will be a note taker and support the ER Partner with medium to high‑risk case management, which will also assist you with your own development.
• You will drive a culture of continuous improvement, working with the wider HR team, other support functions within the business and the operational business, to improve ways of working.
• You will support the legal team with any DSARs that are received.
• Solid ER casework background with proven experience of dealing with high volume and working within a fast‑paced environment.

• Strong understanding of UK employment law, ACAS Guidance, and document management.
• Ability to deliver first‑line policy advice and deal with any escalations from the HRSS, which could be generalist queries.
• Excellent organisational skills, able to manage and deliver upon a range of activities, including the ability to prioritise your own workload and strong attention to detail.
• Results driven; proactive, accountable, leads by example with a positive proactive attitude.
• Strong IT skills across the Microsoft Office suite and general HR databases.

Excellent open and effective two‑way communication (both verbal and written), experience of coaching managers using the GROW model.

Join our close‑knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 72,800 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long‑lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.

At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community. Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.

We welcome applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We…